Checkered Dresden
11-24-2016, 05:42 AM
#63
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,580
Now, that would be rather tricky for me because my right hand is not fully functioning after last year's stroke; gripping pins and needles is a big problem so trusting myself to be that careful slitting around each blade might be tempting providence Geri. Love your Mary Poppins quote. Just thinking, we would have to draw the finished Dresden shape onto fabric first and then allow for 1/4" seams at least before laying the Dresden plate down for anchoring - doesn't sound worth the effort to me but please do try if you like.
11-24-2016, 01:46 PM
#67
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Gosnells Western Australia
Posts: 1,021
Checkered Dresden
Cutaway Applique is not as hard as it sounds! You don't slit around each blade. You stitch the plates down around the outside edge, not between the blades. (You don't have to draw anything. The stitch line where you sew the plate to the background is your guide line.) Working from the back side, grab the plate fabric and the background fabric between your thumb and finger and pull it apart. Cut a big slit or an x in the background fabric. Then you simply cut away the excess background fabric by cutting about 1/4 inch inside the seam. It could be wider than 1/4 inch if needed. You should then have cut away basically a big circle a bit smaller than the plate. It makes the quilt so much lighter. That's how I do all my applique because its too hot here in FL for heavy quilts. I also prefer cutaway applique because when you quilt it the plates look better with the batting sort of puffing up the blades. If you have round tip scissors its even easier, because the bottom blade holds the two fabrics apart as you cut. Try it on a test block and I think you will be surprised how easy it really is.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
